2017 College Football Power Ratings



Last updated: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - final ratings


I will be updating this page by each Monday night during the season.
These ratings are based on a mathematical formula which includes several
factors, including win-loss record, schedule strength, and margin of victory
in games.  The most recent games are counted with more slightly emphasis than
those played earlier in the season.  


The strength of schedule ranking shown here is vs. all opponents and is the 
ranking among the 254 teams in these ratings.


The strength of schedule ranking reflects only games played so far during the 
season, not future opponents.


SS = strength of schedule ranking among all Division I teams (1 is strongest
and 254 is weakest)
ALPHABETICAL RATINGS W L RATING SS
212 Abilene Christian FCS 2 9 79.9 176
108 Air Force FBS 5 7 104.5 86
117 Akron FBS 7 7 103.0 88
1 Alabama FBS 13 1 142.3 22
242 Alabama A&M FCS 4 7 67.8 240
238 Alabama State FCS 5 6 70.4 243
164 Albany FCS 4 7 93.7 159
206 Alcorn State FCS 7 5 82.8 235
63 Appalachian State FBS 9 4 113.7 126
50 Arizona FBS 7 6 118.2 66
46 Arizona State FBS 7 6 119.1 25
82 Arkansas FBS 4 8 108.9 49
104 Arkansas State FBS 7 5 105.1 158
250 Arkansas-Pine Bluff FCS 2 9 57.0 248
53 Army FBS 10 3 117.4 89
9 Auburn FBS 10 4 134.3 5
148 Austin Peay FCS 8 4 96.2 178
205 Ball State FBS 2 10 82.8 113
115 Baylor FBS 1 11 103.3 29
181 Bethune-Cookman FCS 7 4 89.3 192
36 Boise State FBS 11 3 122.4 70
32 Boston College FBS 7 6 123.3 7
157 Bowling Green FBS 2 10 95.0 77
234 Brown FCS 2 8 72.0 199
209 Bryant FCS 6 5 81.5 220
223 Bucknell FCS 5 6 76.4 229
98 Buffalo FBS 6 6 106.1 104
228 Butler FCS 6 5 73.6 249
125 BYU FBS 4 9 100.5 81
216 Cal Poly FCS 1 10 78.9 164
57 California FBS 5 7 116.3 30
236 Campbell FCS 6 5 71.7 254
97 Central Arkansas FCS 10 2 106.1 194
172 Central Connecticut State FCS 8 4 91.5 211
11 Central Florida FBS 13 0 132.8 71
88 Central Michigan FBS 8 5 108.0 100
176 Charleston Southern FCS 6 5 89.9 207
187 Charlotte FBS 1 11 86.9 94
183 Chattanooga FCS 3 8 88.6 150
127 Cincinnati FBS 4 8 99.9 73
177 Citadel FCS 5 6 89.8 166
4 Clemson FBS 12 2 139.4 8
171 Coastal Carolina FBS 3 9 91.8 120
161 Colgate FCS 7 4 94.2 212
80 Colorado FBS 5 7 110.1 67
85 Colorado State FBS 7 6 108.3 106
159 Columbia FCS 8 2 94.7 218
145 Connecticut FBS 3 9 96.5 72
201 Cornell FCS 3 7 83.6 177
150 Dartmouth FCS 8 2 95.6 215
254 Davidson FCS 2 9 52.9 253
225 Dayton FCS 5 6 74.3 244
119 Delaware FCS 7 4 102.5 148
243 Delaware State FCS 2 9 67.3 190
218 Drake FCS 7 4 78.1 242
44 Duke FBS 7 6 120.2 58
179 Duquesne FCS 7 4 89.7 223
147 East Carolina FBS 3 9 96.3 63
202 East Tennessee State FCS 4 7 83.3 179
184 Eastern Illinois FCS 6 5 87.5 182
191 Eastern Kentucky FCS 4 7 85.9 175
101 Eastern Michigan FBS 5 7 105.8 93
116 Eastern Washington FCS 7 4 103.1 132
122 Elon FCS 8 4 101.3 129
67 Florida FBS 4 7 112.9 26
231 Florida A&M FCS 3 8 72.9 225
39 Florida Atlantic FBS 11 3 121.1 101
110 Florida International FBS 8 5 104.2 118
34 Florida State FBS 7 6 122.6 36
213 Fordham FCS 4 7 79.5 191
52 Fresno State FBS 10 4 117.5 83
105 Furman FCS 8 5 105.1 149
224 Gardner-Webb FCS 1 10 75.9 180
246 Georgetown FCS 1 10 65.8 224
2 Georgia FBS 13 2 141.4 3
169 Georgia Southern FBS 2 10 92.4 92
129 Georgia State FBS 7 5 99.8 130
43 Georgia Tech FBS 5 6 120.4 6
182 Grambling State FCS 11 2 89.0 241
219 Hampton FCS 6 5 78.0 233
186 Harvard FCS 5 5 87.3 210
165 Hawaii FBS 3 9 93.7 103
198 Holy Cross FCS 4 7 84.2 198
62 Houston FBS 7 5 114.5 76
235 Houston Baptist FCS 1 10 72.0 197
197 Howard FCS 7 4 84.4 222
143 Idaho FBS 4 8 96.6 117
195 Idaho State FCS 4 7 84.8 170
128 Illinois FBS 2 10 99.8 45
109 Illinois State FCS 6 5 104.3 144
241 Incarnate Word FCS 1 10 68.9 167
58 Indiana FBS 5 7 115.9 37
222 Indiana State FCS 0 11 76.4 115
19 Iowa FBS 8 5 128.4 4
22 Iowa State FBS 8 5 126.8 19
244 Jackson State FCS 3 8 67.3 231
239 Jacksonville FCS 7 4 69.8 252
99 Jacksonville State FCS 10 2 106.1 183
40 James Madison FCS 14 1 120.7 139
152 Kansas FBS 1 11 95.5 31
35 Kansas State FBS 8 5 122.6 56
106 Kennesaw State FCS 12 2 105.0 195
178 Kent State FBS 2 10 89.8 78
60 Kentucky FBS 7 6 115.2 59
230 Lafayette FCS 3 8 73.0 213
226 Lamar FCS 2 9 74.0 196
203 Lehigh FCS 5 7 83.2 202
175 Liberty FCS 6 5 90.0 205
86 Louisiana Tech FBS 7 6 108.1 112
167 Louisiana-Lafayette FBS 5 7 93.4 123
139 Louisiana-Monroe FBS 4 8 98.0 91
28 Louisville FBS 8 5 124.1 53
24 LSU FBS 9 4 126.3 44
144 Maine FCS 4 6 96.5 143
248 Marist FCS 4 7 62.6 247
79 Marshall FBS 8 5 110.1 108
72 Maryland FBS 4 8 111.3 1
126 Massachusetts FBS 4 8 100.3 107
141 McNeese State FCS 9 2 97.8 219
31 Memphis FBS 10 3 123.3 74
137 Mercer FCS 5 6 98.3 137
15 Miami(Florida) FBS 10 3 129.6 20
118 Miami(Ohio) FBS 5 7 102.5 109
25 Michigan FBS 8 5 125.6 17
16 Michigan State FBS 10 3 129.0 12
107 Middle Tennessee FBS 7 6 104.8 116
66 Minnesota FBS 5 7 113.4 51
65 Mississippi FBS 6 6 113.5 61
21 Mississippi State FBS 9 4 127.0 40
253 Mississippi Valley State FCS 2 9 53.5 239
49 Missouri FBS 7 6 118.3 64
174 Missouri State FCS 3 8 90.9 119
156 Monmouth FCS 9 3 95.1 206
135 Montana FCS 7 4 99.0 173
142 Montana State FCS 5 6 97.7 140
252 Morehead State FCS 4 7 56.6 251
247 Morgan State FCS 1 10 64.7 217
210 Murray State FCS 3 8 80.8 187
18 N.C. State FBS 9 4 128.5 10
56 Navy FBS 7 6 116.9 62
76 Nebraska FBS 4 8 110.7 9
130 Nevada FBS 3 9 99.8 80
124 New Hampshire FCS 9 5 100.9 153
160 New Mexico FBS 3 9 94.5 87
121 New Mexico State FBS 7 6 101.6 124
166 Nicholls State FCS 8 4 93.7 201
227 Norfolk State FCS 4 7 73.6 226
78 North Carolina FBS 3 9 110.2 32
133 North Carolina A&T FCS 12 0 99.2 236
204 North Carolina Central FCS 7 4 83.2 230
185 North Dakota FCS 3 8 87.5 146
33 North Dakota State FCS 14 1 122.9 155
87 North Texas FBS 9 5 108.1 97
138 Northern Arizona FCS 7 5 98.3 156
194 Northern Colorado FCS 3 7 85.4 168
70 Northern Illinois FBS 8 5 112.0 95
81 Northern Iowa FCS 8 5 109.8 114
23 Northwestern FBS 10 3 126.7 42
207 Northwestern State FCS 4 7 82.6 181
8 Notre Dame FBS 10 3 135.2 2
64 Ohio FBS 9 4 113.6 122
3 Ohio State FBS 12 2 140.9 11
6 Oklahoma FBS 12 2 138.2 16
13 Oklahoma State FBS 10 3 131.0 41
146 Old Dominion FBS 5 7 96.3 105
37 Oregon FBS 7 6 122.0 39
151 Oregon State FBS 1 11 95.5 46
5 Penn State FBS 11 2 139.1 24
163 Pennsylvania FCS 6 4 93.9 188
61 Pittsburgh FBS 5 7 115.0 27
229 Portland State FCS 0 11 73.3 160
220 Prairie View A&M FCS 6 5 77.1 245
215 Presbyterian FCS 4 7 78.9 193
170 Princeton FCS 5 5 92.2 208
38 Purdue FBS 7 6 121.4 28
180 Rhode Island FCS 3 8 89.3 141
189 Rice FBS 1 11 86.4 85
113 Richmond FCS 6 5 103.5 135
240 Robert Morris FCS 2 9 69.3 204
95 Rutgers FBS 4 8 106.3 50
134 Sacramento State FCS 7 4 99.1 172
217 Sacred Heart FCS 4 7 78.4 221
111 Sam Houston State FCS 12 2 104.0 186
102 Samford FCS 8 4 105.7 145
154 San Diego FCS 10 3 95.4 232
51 San Diego State FBS 10 3 118.1 90
190 San Jose State FBS 2 11 86.2 84
237 Savannah State FCS 3 8 70.6 216
83 SMU FBS 7 6 108.8 79
155 South Alabama FBS 4 8 95.3 121
27 South Carolina FBS 9 4 124.2 35
232 South Carolina State FCS 3 7 72.9 237
120 South Dakota FCS 8 5 102.1 174
75 South Dakota State FCS 11 3 110.9 165
41 South Florida FBS 10 2 120.5 96
199 Southeast Missouri State FCS 3 8 83.7 189
162 Southeastern Louisiana FCS 6 5 94.0 203
214 Southern FCS 7 4 79.3 234
14 Southern California FBS 11 3 130.2 13
153 Southern Illinois FCS 4 7 95.4 147
96 Southern Mississippi FBS 8 5 106.3 127
90 Southern Utah FCS 9 3 107.5 134
196 St. Francis(PA) FCS 5 6 84.4 227
17 Stanford FBS 9 5 128.8 15
208 Stephen F. Austin FCS 4 7 82.1 184
251 Stetson FCS 2 9 56.7 246
100 Stony Brook FCS 10 3 106.0 162
69 Syracuse FBS 4 8 112.8 18
12 TCU FBS 11 3 131.3 43
74 Temple FBS 7 6 111.0 75
91 Tennessee FBS 4 8 107.2 57
193 Tennessee State FCS 6 5 85.4 228
221 Tennessee Tech FCS 1 10 76.6 171
168 Tennessee-Martin FCS 6 5 92.6 200
30 Texas FBS 7 6 123.6 34
47 Texas A&M FBS 7 6 118.5 54
249 Texas Southern FCS 2 9 60.6 238
192 Texas State FBS 2 10 85.6 125
45 Texas Tech FBS 6 7 119.3 21
54 Toledo FBS 11 3 117.2 99
173 Towson FCS 5 6 91.4 161
59 Troy FBS 11 2 115.4 131
89 Tulane FBS 5 7 107.6 69
136 Tulsa FBS 2 10 98.6 68
123 UAB FBS 8 5 101.3 154
149 UC-Davis FCS 5 6 95.6 157
55 UCLA FBS 6 7 117.0 14
132 UNLV FBS 5 7 99.4 111
42 Utah FBS 7 6 120.4 60
94 Utah State FBS 6 7 106.7 98
200 UTEP FBS 0 12 83.7 82
112 UTSA FBS 6 5 103.8 142
233 Valparaiso FCS 6 5 72.2 250
84 Vanderbilt FBS 5 7 108.8 65
131 Villanova FCS 5 6 99.5 152
71 Virginia FBS 6 7 111.4 52
20 Virginia Tech FBS 9 4 127.8 47
245 VMI FCS 0 11 67.0 169
211 Wagner FCS 4 7 79.9 214
26 Wake Forest FBS 8 5 125.2 23
10 Washington FBS 10 3 133.7 48
29 Washington State FBS 9 4 123.8 38
68 Weber State FCS 11 3 112.9 151
48 West Virginia FBS 7 6 118.5 55
158 Western Carolina FCS 7 5 94.9 185
73 Western Illinois FCS 8 4 111.1 128
140 Western Kentucky FBS 6 7 97.9 133
92 Western Michigan FBS 6 6 107.2 102
188 William & Mary FCS 2 9 86.8 136
7 Wisconsin FBS 13 1 138.1 33
114 Wofford FCS 10 3 103.4 163
77 Wyoming FBS 8 5 110.2 110
103 Yale FCS 9 1 105.5 209
93 Youngstown State FCS 6 5 106.9 138